Ulos ragidup (pattern of life ritual cloth)
Date19th century
Object number2024.15.9
Provenance[Material Culture auction, ASPARA Arts of Asia, Important Single Owner Collections of Ethnographic Art and Textiles, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 27, 2019, lot 231]; purchased by David Paly, Gig Harbor, Washington, 2019; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2024
Published ReferencesGlobal Ikat: Routes and Roots of a Textile Technique: The David Paly Collection. Gibson Island, MD; London: Historic Textile Research Foundation, with Hali Publications, 2023; p. 80, ill., no. MA28.Credit LineGift of David and Marita Paly
Dimensions90 x 54 in. (228.6 x 137.2 cm)
MediumCotton, warp ikat, warp float, supplementary weft, weft twining
Indonesia, West Timor, Miomafo, Atoin Meto people
20th century
Object number: 2024.15.11
Indonesia, South Sumatra, Bangka Island, Malay people
early 20th century
Object number: 2024.15.8
Indonesia, Bali, Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Bali Aga people
19th century
Object number: 2024.15.5
Indonesia, East Sumba
mid 19th - mid 20th century
Object number: 2024.15.17
Indonesia, South Sulawesi, Toraja, Rongkong
early 20th century
Object number: 2024.15.14